Capital Punishment
Capital Punishment is a profoundly complex and controversial aspect of the criminal justice system. This section provides articles that explore the history, legal frameworks, and ethical debates surrounding Capital Punishment in various jurisdictions. Correctional professionals can gain insights into the procedures, implications, and ongoing discussions about using the death penalty. Understanding Capital Punishment is crucial for those involved in its administration and those engaged in broader criminal justice reform efforts. For further context, explore related topics on supermax prisons.
The Oklahoma attorney general requested the transfer after President Donald Trump directed the DOJ to ensure states have enough lethal injection drugs to carry out executions
President Donald Trump’s directive prioritizes the death penalty “regardless of other factors” when the case involves the killing of a law enforcement officer
Ex-New Orleans cop Len Davis was sentenced to death after he was convicted of ordering a woman killed in 1994 after she alleged he and his partner beat a young boy
The Supreme Court wouldn’t hear the case of an inmate who was charged with robbing, kidnapping, murdering and burying alive three people
The Houston district attorney agreed that the inmate should be spared the death penalty
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had stayed the execution over the religious arguments, but the U.S. Supreme Court allowed it to proceed
A Circuit Court of Appeals granted an indefinite stay for the inmate a day before he was scheduled to be executed for slaying a teenager two decades ago
Similar lawsuits have been filed in recent years, as prison officials struggle to find lethal injection drug suppliers
The inmate is charged with the deaths of deputies Patrick Rohrer and Theresa King, who were killed while transporting him back to jail after a hearing
Legislators are expected to consider changes to state law that will allow them to resume executions
The state say(s) a Christian prison chaplain does not have to be present for the Muslim inmate’s execution
The bill is an attempt to address inabilities to carry out lethal injections because of the lack of chemicals needed
Robert Jennings received lethal injection for the July 1988 fatal shooting of Officer Elston Howard during a robbery
A Muslim inmate said the state violated his rights by having a Christian prison chaplain stand near him while he’s executed
Death row inmate Robert Jennings was condemned for the 1988 slaying of Officer Elston Howard during a robbery
An Ohio governor delayed a man’s execution next month to look at lethal injection alternatives
Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien says death row inmate Warren Keith Henness’ motion is an abuse of the court system
Scott Raymond Dozier, 48, was found unresponsive in his solo death-row cell at the state’s maximum-security prison
U.S. Supreme Court rulings prohibited the inmate’s execution because of her disability
Several of the victims were killed while inside vehicles or in drive-by shootings
Inmate Scott Dozier has tried to cut his neck and wrist and obtain deadly drugs while waiting to be executed for murders committed in 2007
“I seek to be executed as I do here, this day, stand on death row a guilty man worthy of death — please grant me this plea,” inmate David Cox wrote
Jose Antonio Jimenez was convicted of the fatal stabbing and beating death of a woman in 1992
Twenty-five executions were carried out in 2018, the fourth consecutive year in which there have been fewer than 30 executions nationwide
Alvin Braziel Jr. received lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the 1993 slaying of a 27-year-old jogger
Alvin Braziel Jr., 43, is scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday for a 1993 murder
Mississippi’s state Supreme Court on Thursday denied appeals from two death row inmates
David Earl Miller was convicted of a 1981 murder and had been on death row for 36 years, the longest of any inmate in Tennessee
David Earl Miller will be executed in the electric chair Thursday evening for a 1981 murder
Joseph Garcia fatally shot Officer Aubrey Hawkins during a Christmas Eve robbery in 2000
The inmate is asking the court to consider his claims that the electric chair is unconstitutional but the state’s lethal injection method is worse
The 47-year-old inmate was sent to death row in 2003, after being part of one of the largest prison escapes in Texas history
Joseph Garcia is slated to die on Tuesday, close to two decades after busting out of a maximum-security prison and going on a crime spree that left a police officer dead
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